Vicinity

- Diphtheria 'va Leoni. -Macón sighetb Cor ;i brass band. - Gov. and Mrs. Croswel! remain on coast Pacific. -20,000 people visited the capit(;l city last, fair weck. - Tliere are 288 persons in Adrián over 70 years of age. - Supreme couri opeaed Öctoberterm Tuesday witb 148 casos on calendar. - An extensive trunk factory is one of the proposed new euterprises of Adrian. -The sale rock has been Btruck at the depth oí 1,060 feét at St. Louis, Gratiot connty. - Mrs. James Andrews, of Adrián, died While at work in her house Weiluesday. -The acreage of wheat sown in the vicinity of Adrián exceeda that of any farmer year. -John II. Fuller, au insano life convict is at large, escaping froaa Jaekson theearly part of last week. - Snippers uro buying up entire crops of potatoes in Jaekson county :it from S0 to 86 cents per bushel. - The St. ('lair foundry burned Wednesday niglit. Loss $2,500$,or thereabouts, witli $1,000 insuranee. - The Adrián Times says that work on tri i ïu'vv reform school i'or gids at luit place is beginning to show. -During the Lansing fair the church societies of the capítol city managed eating bootha and töok in an aggregate of $1,932 for ugrub." - Lust week was a liad one for fairs. Most of tlioni lost nioncy. The Hubbardston f air closed on Timrsday, one day earlier Iban advertised. - News comes from Hillsdale tliat ííliouls are attempting to steal the body of [Ion. ilenry WaUlron. with blackmailing purpoaea in view, probably. - The grand stand on the fair ground al Adrián has boen snbstantially rebuilt, and there is said to be no danger of repetitlon of the horror of a yearago. - Wbeat producers of Grass Lake township: MSlo Crafta 2,600, Fnuik Dwelle, O. S. Watkins, ('lias. Cassidy and M.Dwelleraised 2,000 bushels each. - Fenton Gazette: On thefarmownedby A. U. Wood, in Fenton, may be seen ripe apples and a secoriB erop all on the same tree; also, apple trees in blossom. - Jackson Patriot: The fruit drying houses at Parma have discontinued operations temporarily, owingtothelow pricea which rule in the marketfor dried fruit. - Death of John Ilill a farmer of Séneca is attended with guspicion so strong tbat it is to be investigated. Ilis stomaeh was sent to Aun Arbor for analysis. - A drug and grocery dealer in Coldwater lias Jmní; up a list of names headed "dead beats" or tbose who don't pay their debts, in his store, and adds new ñames every monta. - ííelson Raudal], a brakeman on the L. S. & M. 8. road, was terribly crushed at the freight depot at Monroe, Sept. 28, wliile coupling cara. Ilis injuries are believed to be fatal. - Coldwater has a scandal of some magnituae. A 15-year oíd girl cbarges liT ruin upon a prominent man, having a lovely wife, and who aspired to nomination of prosecuting attorney on the republican ticket. - Battle Creok peoplo talk of having Ilo'ly water-works to obtam water from öogutkc lake. They propose to build70 liydrants at a oost. or ■$(;ü,wo. Xhe íjuestion will be submitted to the pie at a special election. - Instead of dropping thenickelsinto a box for tlie heathen, young gentlemen of Tecumseli contribute toward a fund to parchase a suit for an ambitions lad named Kelly who wants to attend school in decent rainient. - John P. Wright, an oíd resident of Flint, was foiind drnnk and insensible on the street, Sept. 29. During the night he died, and the coroners's jury rendered a verdict of "death by apoplexy, caused by drnnkenncss." - Mr. ilowser, of South Lyons, took a few overdoses of lager beer and then sought to counteract the etïects thereof by a quantity of laudanum. He went closer to the pearly gates than ho ever went bef ore, but was snatched back and is still alive. -The trial of Doremus Aiken, at Adrián, for shooting Polieenmn Lyon, terminated Saturday in a verdict of manslaughter. The jury was out several hours. Aiken a few years ago shot a woman claiming to be liis wife, in Grand Rapids. - Friday morning when Michael Sheridan of Brooklyn, went toliis store he found that it had been enterad by burglars during the night, bis safe blown open and apocket-book containing about $100,and two small draftsabstracted. Tlie work was evidently that of professional burglars. They drilled a hole in the door of tlie safe and blew it off the hinges, WTecking it quite badly. - James Smitlierrnan ascended in a balloon from Jaekson, on Wednesday at 4 P. M., landing at Tecumseh -tö minutes later. Af ter clearing Jaekson he intended to descerní, but on pulling the valvo ropes he found the valve was irozen. Making hirnself fast to the balloon by the anchor ropo, he climbed into the netting and hanging on with botb bands, with bis teeth tore a hole in the balloon and succeeded in ripping it down the neck and letting the gas out. Landing was Uien made in saf ety thougb drif ting before the wind at the rate of 20 miles ui hour. Smitherman was almost overjowered with gas as well as benumbed. - ITon. I. M. Crane had a lively exerience with a cyclone last Sunday. [eandhis son Tacitus, a lad of 1, ven; in a boat on Grand River at DiQOndale last Sunday, aboul 4 o'clock, vhen they heanl a roaring sound like a ïeavy train of cara. Mr. Grane took in .lic, situation and told nis son to hurry Ue boat tn ttaeeasi sideofthe river, the ycloiio coming f rom the west. Hardly lad tho boat touched shore when the errible hurncane was upoh them. Mr. 'rane threw himself prone upon ,ho ground, and seeing his sou dinging o a small tree he told him to also lie own. The fearl'ul Btorm passed over hem. Their boat was shattered, a gun hat waslyingin the boat was hurld severa! roda and stuck in the round, tho tree to wtiich young Crane vas cllnging was ntlerly demolished nd carried away, roots aud all. The iver was strewn witli the wreek of rees, limbs,and debris tossed about by ie resistlcss wind. Young Mr. Crane us bruised on the head by the boat, jutnot seriously. Had they been on he west sidü of the rivor they must ave beon killed. It was a thrilling ceno.- Lansing Jouraal. tfext Tnesday, indiana and Ohio.l will, to Borne extent sea] the fute of partios in November.